this just in: top three threats to americans!!!

TERRORISM!!!! (yikes!)

TAXES!!! (holy reform, batman!!!)

and…

wait for it…

SAME SEX MARRIAGE!!!!!!!!!!

ARGHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Scariest Halloween news, ever, right? Those gays want to marry? WTF? Don’t they know that is a sacred institution that we regard so highly that we only respect it our hypocritical selves 50% of the time???

Well, be that as it may, that’s what Bush is spouting about today. These are his three most pertinent issues for consideration in the upcoming elections. Now, I understand why he is on the terrorism bandwagon, we did start a little war over there in Iraq, and we did manage to stir up more shit than we could have ever even imagined, and we have no idea how we are going to fix it, or why we are even there anymore, so it does sound like something we should be concerned about. Not to mention the thousands of soldiers that have died over there (even one was too many).

As for taxes, well, we all know that dreaded death tax, and how it only affects .04% of Americans, so that is definitely something we should take the time to really sit and ponder. If you want a tax cut, you need to make money, you poor lazy fuckers!! Get jobs you hobos!!! And, don’t forget to vote for the Republicans that utilize these these tactics to win, because they will continue to make sure you live just barely above poverty, and continue trying their best to eliminate the middle class, all so they can keep their pockets overflowing with money while you pay for everything else!!! (remember the war just mentioned… that’s part of what you are paying for!)

But I, for one reason or another, just have a slight problem that no matter what, you can always expect the bigoted right wing to whip out gay marriage when things look like it might not slide their way. “I know, I’ll say same sex marriage is just as big a threat as terrorism (after all, isn’t it the same thing?!?!?), and people will make sure to keep us around if for no other reason, than to keep those ‘mos from ruining the sanctity of marriage (remember, 50%, yo!)!!!”. And so, before every election, it again looks like we can expect to have our personal lives drug through the mud time and time again, when all we want is the same civil rights as everyone else. Why is it that something that ONLY affects the two people that are doing it, is used as a wedge issues to drive droves of bigots to the ballot boxes (which are probably rigged anyway)?? Jeez, what a pussy ass way of conjuring up votes, ass.

If you vote for someone because they are against same sex marriage, you might as well be herded in with the other sheep, sheared, and euthanized; you follow the herd, you suffer the same fate. I for one am not going to follow the lemmings off the edge of that cliff… I am not so stupid as to believe that gay marriage is anything more than what it is; it is definitely a wedge issue… so stop bringing it up to win votes, asshole. Basically, it just paints you as a bigot and a sore loser, to be honest, because we all know that without those three aces in your pocket, you would be on a ranch somewhere in Texas instead of the White House… Oh wait, that is true… you do spend most of the year there anyway instead of on Capitol Hill working for your $400k salary that I HELP PAY.

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UPDATE: I realize that this rant was written in anger, and that is a place I don’t want to live, nor represent. While I don’t hate anyone, nor begrudge them for their beliefs, I would like to see a place where we don’t get swayed by issues that are in place to do just that; sway us. I apologize to someone that was obviously offended that he thought I was referring to him; when I was in fact blanketing too many people incorrectly, and inconsiderately. For that I apologize, and hope that I can exclude from my life in the future.